TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

• US 20130276140A1
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dan Coffing, Lou Bonfiglio
• Original Assignee: Dan Coffing, Lou Bonfiglio
• Inventors: COFFING, Dan, BONFIGLIO, Lou
• Granted Patent: US 9,600,674 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0838 using one-time-passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A wireless face-to-face bilateral communication method between at least two users of a service provider, each having a token device, and at least one having a user-defined profile, comprising: between a sending token device and a receiving token device, transmitting unique electronic transaction tokens between a consenting sending party and a consenting or optionally consenting receiving party wherein said transaction tokens may be used for single use, party-approved after-contact, computer-network facilitated access to each other'"'"'s profile.

Claims

1. A method for a network service to provide wireless one-to-one communication method between at least two users, comprising the steps of:

enabling at least one of a sending party and a receiving party to have access to the service, each of the sending and receiving parties having a wireless device;

between the sending party and the receiving party, designating a common location event so as to allow one-to-one communication between the sending party and the receiving party;

enabling at least one of the sending party and the receiving party to have access to information from one or more databases in response to said common location event designation, wherein said step of designating the location event includes

the sending party and the receiving party mutually selecting a timeframe and acquiring the common location event designation by performing at least one of analyzing at least one of sound, light, atmosphere and radiation present at the location, processing an encoded signal at the location, the encoded signal including at least one of a GPS, QR-code, speech or lettering data, and receiving common user-input data on the respective wireless devices of the sending and receiving parties.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the sending party and the receiving party is, stationary and uploads at least one unique location event identification in common with the other party.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising uploading an electronic ID to a data server computer system wherein said system authenticates said electronic ID and said computer system allows at least one of the sending party and the receiving party to receive a virtual profile of the other party, said computer system being configured to limit access by a third party to the information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual profile is granulated.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual profile includes information in text, audio, video, images, blogs, website links, schedules, friends, activities, social affiliations, feeds, product description, brochures, coupons, incentive programs, medical records, receipts, purchase history, loyalty points, or items or services for discounted sale.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the profile information includes an access to another communication channel—

public or private.

7. A computer system coupled to a computer network, the computer system being configured to implement a method that comprises the steps of:

storing information for a plurality of users;

associating the wireless devices with respective accounts for the plurality of users, the plurality of users including at least a sending party and a receiving party each having a wireless device;

between the sending party and the receiving party, designating a common location event so as to allow one-to-one communication between the sending party and the receiving party; and

enabling at least one of the sending party and the receiving party to have access to information from one or more databases in response to said common location event designation, wherein said step of designating the common location event includes

the sending party and the receiving party mutually selecting a timeframe and acquiring the common location event designation by performing at least one of;

analyzing at least one of sound, light, atmosphere and radiation present at the location, processing an encoded signal at the location, the encoded signal including at least one of a GPS, QR-code, speech or lettering data, and receiving common user-input data on the respective wireless devices of the sending and receiving parties, so as to each generate a unique location event identification, and

said step of enabling access to the information includes comparing at least the unique location event identifications associated with the sending and receiving parties.

8. The computer software of claim 7, wherein respective account data and profile data of the plurality of users are stored in at least one database accessible over the Internet.

9. The computer software of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

accessing a profile involves generating a query to a database, and retrieving the profile in response to the query.

10. A wireless device for designating social or business networking transaction location events comprising:

an external case housing a power supply, a USB interface, a location designation sensor, an activate button, a confirmation LED, processor, a memory, upload transaction software, and an internal clock/calendar, wherein designation of said location events is accomplished by single button exchanges between a sending party and a receiving party, the sending party and the receiving party each having a wireless device, the wireless device being configured such that

between the sending party and the receiving party, designating a common location event so as to allow one-to-one communication between the sending party and the receiving party;

enabling at least one of the sending party and the receiving party to have access to information from one or more databases in response to said common location event designation, wherein said step of designating the common location event includes

the sending party and the receiving party mutually selecting a timeframe and acquiring the common location event designation by performing at least one of;

analyzing at least one of sound, light, atmosphere and radiation present at the location, processing an encoded signal at the location, the encoded signal including at least one of a GPS, QR-code, speech or lettering data, and receiving common user-input data on the respective wireless devices of the sending and receiving parties.

11. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the wireless device is a portable standing-alone device without display capability and with an external ruggedized case, and weighs less than one ounce.

12. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the wireless device is embedded in a watch, a cell-phone, a broach, a pendant, a necklace, a ring, an earring, an article of clothing, a clothing label, a wallet or a key-chain.

13. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the wireless device is integrated into a smart card.

14. A method for wireless one-to-one communication between at least two users of a service provider via software implemented in a server of the service provider and in each of a plurality of wireless devices, comprising the steps of:

storing information for a plurality of users;

associating the wireless devices with respective accounts for the plurality of users, the plurality of users including at least a sending party and a receiving party each having a wireless device;

between the sending party and the receiving party, designating a common location event so as to allow one-to-one communication between the sending party and the receiving party; and

enabling at least one of the sending party and the receiving party to have access to information from one or more databases in response to said common location event designation, wherein said step of designating the common location event includes

the sending party and the receiving party mutually selecting a timeframe and acquiring the common location event designation by performing at least one of;

analyzing at least one of sound, light, atmosphere and radiation present at the location, processing an encoded signal at the location, the encoded signal including at least one of a GPS, QR-code, speech or lettering data, and receiving common user-input data on the respective wireless devices of the sending and receiving parties, so as to each generate a unique location event identification, and

said step of enabling access to the information includes comparing at least the unique location event identifications associated with the sending and receiving parties.

15. A wireless one-to-one communication method, comprising the steps of:

providing a plurality of wireless devices;

registering at least a sending party and a receiving party to a service provider so as to associate the sending party and the receiving party each to a respective one of the plurality of wireless devices;

storing the unique electronic identification associated to each of the plurality of wireless electronic devices in a data server having a database, the database being configured to limit access of third parties to information associated with the unique electronic identification;

acquiring at least one unique electronic identification in response to the sending party and the receiving party designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication therebetween;

uploading the at least one unique electronic identification to the service provider; and

using the at least one unique identification uploaded to the service provider to allow access to information about at least one of the sending party and the receiving party from the data server, wherein said step of designating between the sending party and the receiving party includes

the sending party and the receiving party mutually selecting a timeframe and the sending device and the receiving device acquiring the common identification by performing at least one of;

analyzing at least one of sound, light, atmosphere and radiation present at the location, processing an encoded signal at the location, the encoded signal including at least one of a GPS, QR-code, speech or lettering data, and receiving common user-input data on the respective wireless devices of the sending and receiving parties.